Tohoku – Israel Startup Global Challenge Program Online Lecture (Nov.15, 2022)

The Michinoku Academia Startup Platform*, in cooperation with the Tohoku-Israel Startup Global Challenge Program, will hold an online lecture addressed to students, faculty and staff members of the principal and joint universities taking part in the platform, and for Michinoku GAP Fund recipients.

Within this era of VUCA - Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity - also including the COVID-19 pandemic, students and faculty members are nowadays expected to have a global perspective, a mindset that is flexible and not bound by conventional precedents, and the ability to adapt to the changing environments.

In such circumstances, Israel is showing remarkable progress, with a population of just 9 million which is about the same as the Tohoku region.

An estimated 500-1,000 startups emerge each year, and VC investment in Israel is the first in the world as a percentage of GDP (OECD Entrepreneurship at a Glance, 2017). The nation is also ranked 7th in the Bloomberg Innovation Index (2021, Japan 12th), while Tel Aviv City placed 7th in the Global Startup Ecosystem Rankings (2022, Tokyo ranked 12th).

What made Israel such an innovation giant? This event serves as an opportunity to learn from one of the Israeli entrepreneurs about his global perspectives and the mindset to move forward in unstable times.

*The Michinoku Academia Startup Platform includes Tohoku University, Hirosaki University, Iwate University, Akita University, Yamagata University, Fukushima University, Niigata University, Nagaoka University of Technology, Miyagi University, and the University of Aizu.